Here are two short, new videos, the first on Adirondack Scenic's Aug 1 Utica-Thendara run, the second showing a railcar excursion, also videoed on Aug 1, of a railcar excursion on the Utica branch of the NYS&W:

Here are two videos showing the Adirondack's Utica-Big Moose, NY "Big Moose Limited" (not its official name though I fancy it) polishing the rails.

This is a 128 mile round trip. The train departs Utica approx 9:30am, stops in Thendara approx 2 hours later where passengers may spend the day and others may board for the add'l 12 mile trip to Big Moose.

Once in Big Moose, passengers may eat lunch at the former New York Central passenger station (it is now a restaurant, the Big Moose Station Restaurant, http://www.bigmoosestation.com/ , before beginning the 64 mile return trip to Utica.

No regular passenger service exists between Big Moose and Saranac Lake although the line is used to handle equipment moves to sustain its Saranac Lake-Lake Placid service. Lake Placid is 77 miles north of Big Moose.

The first video, "Big Moose Limited" is long by my standards (16:01) but shows highlights of the entire first leg of the Utica-Big Moose run, including a passenger "meet" in Thendara, the public address announcement re arrival of the Big Moose train in Thendara and runaround action in Big Moose:

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